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Jersey Number 14
Khal Stephen
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 215
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Williamsport, Ind.
- High School/Previous School:
- Seeger HS / Purdue
Honors / Awards
2024 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll2024 Third Team D1 Baseball All-American (P)
2024 Thirdย Team ABCA/Rawlings All-American (P)
2024 Thirdย Team NCBWA All-American (P)
2024 ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region First Team (P)
2024 Charlottesville All-Regional Team (P)
2024 First Team All-SEC Team (P)
2023 Third Team All-Big Ten
2023 Academic All-Big Ten
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Career Notes & Records
Draft:ย Picked by the Toronto Blue Jays with the 59thย overall pick in the Secondย Round of the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft. This was Mississippi State's 12th second-round pick.
2024 (Junior Season)
Season: Named Third Team All-American by D1 Baseball, ABCA/Rawlings All-American, and NCBWA All-American โฆ NCAA Charlottesville All-Regional Team (P) โฆ ABCA All-Region Honoree โฆ First Team All-SEC Starting Pitcherโฆ Golden Spikes Award Performance of the Week (Feb. 21) โฆ Made 16 appearances all starts and finished with an 8-3 record โฆ Struck out 107 with a 3.28 ERA, which was the seventh best in the SEC for strikeouts and ERA โฆ Pitched 96 innings to come in third-most in the SEC โฆ Only issued 21 walks, the fewest on the team โฆ Held opponents to a .213 batting average ... Tallied a career-high 11 strikeouts against Air Force (Feb. 24) and Auburn (April 19) โฆ Had three double-digit strike out games โฆ Twelve of his 16 starts went for six or more innings โฆ Posted a 5.10 strikeout-to-walk ratio the sixth best in the SEC.
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Air Force (2/17): Made first start as a Diamond Dawg โฆ Struck out season-high 11 without surrendering a walk in seven innings of work. Georgia Southern (2/24): Punched out three with a single walk in 2.1 innings pitched. Mount St. Maryโs (3/2): Picked up first Diamond Dawg win โฆ Did not allow a run to score with nine punchouts through six innings pitched. Evansville (3/9): Earned second win with three strikeouts in six innings pitched. LSU (3/16): Had one strikeout in two innings of work. Texas A&M (3/22): Surrendered a single run in 6.2 innings pitched with five strikeouts. Florida (3/29): Pitched six innings grabbed eight strikeouts. Georgia (4/5): Did not allow an earned run in 6.2 innings pitched โฆ Punched out seven Georgia batters. Ole Miss (4/12): Did not surrender a walk or run with nine punchouts through eight innings of work โฆ Earned fifth win of the season. Auburn (4/19): Tied season-high 11 strikeouts โฆ Earned seven innings and did not allow an earned run. Vanderbilt (4/26): Had six punchouts in 7.1 innings of work. Alabama (5/3): Pitched five innings and had six strikeouts. Arkansas (5/10): Struck out six and did not walk a Razorback in seven innings pitched. Missouri (5/16): Punched out eight Tigers in six innings to pick up eighth win. St. Johnโs (5/31): Pitched season-high eight innings and struck out 10 without a walk surrendered.
2023 (Sophomore Season โ Purdue)
Pitched in 14 games, all starts โฆ Started Purdue's season, home and Big Ten openers โฆ Led the way as the Boilermakers went 6-2 on Fridays in Big Ten play โฆ Recognized as the team's Pitcher of the Year โฆ Program's first sophomore to be the Opening Day starter since 2016; went on to become Purdue's first sophomore to be an All-Big Ten pitcher since 2017 โฆ Helped the Boilermakers win three straight series openers twice from March 24 to May 5, with the team winning six of his seven starts during that stretch โฆ Struck out seven through six innings and limited the home team to just two runs through six as Purdue became the first visiting team to win on a Friday at Maryland since May 2019.
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2022 (Freshman Season โ Purdue)
Pitched in a team-high 23 games, all in relief โฆ Purdue's first freshman to lead the team in appearances since 2001 โฆ Emerged as the team's top high-leverage reliever for much of the season, helping the team win key games down the stretch vs. Michigan, Iowa and Northwestern โฆ Averaged 10.16 strikeouts per nine innings, moving into ninth place on Purdue's single-season list (minimum 30 innings) โฆ Struck out five of the six batters he faced in the May 10 vs. Butler, posting the best clip (83%) of batters struck out with a minimum five Ks since 2005 โฆ Also fanned six of 12 batters faced in the game 2 win at Iowa, including four in a row โฆ In the Purdue win at Iowa, stranded runners on second and third by striking out the 7-8-9 hitters in order โฆ Impressed in summer ball while pitching for the Danville Dans of the Prospect League in the month of June โฆ Named the Prospect League's Roland Hemond Pro Prospect of the Year after going 4-0 with a 2.02 ERA and 36 strikeouts vs. 19 hits in 26 2/3 innings.
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High School
Lettered for coach Reed Foxworthy at Seeger High School, located west of Greater Lafayette near the Illinois state line โฆ Also a multi-year all-conference performer in football โฆ Earned 11 varsity lettersย overall โฆ Lafayette Journal & Courier Small School Area Player of the Year as a senior โฆ As a standout safety on the gridiron, also was the Journal & Courierโs Area Defensive Player of the Year as a senior โฆ Racked up 100 strikeouts vs. seven walks in 51 2/3 innings in 2021โฆ All-State and Indiana North-South All-Star game selection in both football and baseball โฆ Two-way standout batted .541 with 26 extra-base hits and 40 RBI while compiling a 1.35 ERA and .165 batting average against on the mound as a senior โฆ Registered 99 strikeouts as a sophomore on varsity โฆ Scored five touchdowns and kick all five extra points in a Seeger win as a junior, accounting for all of his teamโs 35 points โฆ Helped Seeger win 15 consecutive games and reach the sectional championship game in 2021 โฆ Also played for the Indiana Nitro travel ball team, winning a 17U state championship โฆ Continued as a two-way player for the Bomb Square in the Grand Park League in the summer of 2021 โฆ All-A honor roll student โฆ National Honor Society member.
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Personal
Son of Mark and Kris Stephen โฆ Has two brothers Khade and Khayne โฆ Khade played football and baseball at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana.
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